30 Second TV Ad
"Censure"
VIDEO
SHOTS OF BUSH AT A STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH. WE SEE HIM WALKING
TO THE LECTERN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WHEN HE BEGINS
TO TALK, WE’LL USE STILLS OF BUSH. REACTIONS FROM THE
AUDIENCE.
AUDIO
ANNOUNCER VOICE OVER: If George Bush had told the
truth a year ago, here’s what he might have said:
BUSH IMITATOR: My fellow Americans, we have no evidence
that Iraq has stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction[1].
No connection to 9/11[2]. No nuclear capability[3].
They pose no imminent threat to us[4].
VIDEO
CUT TO SHOTS OF BURNED OUT JEEPS AND HUMVEES AND HELICOPTERS
IN IRAQ.
AUDIO
ANNOUNCER VOICE OVER: If he said that, would we have
gone to war, spending $125 billion dollars[5]
and losing more than 500 American lives[6]?
VIDEO
CUT TO A SHOT OF BUSH. THE WORD “CENSURE” COMES
ONTO THE SCREEN OVER HIS PICTURE. SUPER “PAID FOR BY
MOVEON.ORG”.
AUDIO
ANNOUNCER VOICE OVER: When a President misleads us, he must
face the consequences. Congress should censure President Bush
now.
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[1] "The Selling of the Iraq War: The
First Casualty," The New Republic, 6/30/03
Defense Intelligence
Agency Report, 6/13/03
Quarterly report
by the UN Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission,
2/27/04
[2] "Allies Find No Links Between Iraq,
Al Qaeda," LA Times, 11/4/02
"Bush: No
Link to 9/11 Found," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 9/18/03
“Doubts
Cast on Efforts to Link Saddam, al-Qaida,” Knight Ridder,
3/2/04
"No one who
has seen the intelligence says it proves Saddam had a role
in 9/11," CBS News, 10/1/02
[3] IAEA Report, 10/8/98
"Experts
question key Iraq nuke evidence," UPI, 9/19/02
"Bush Aides
Disclose Warnings from CIA," Washington Post, 7/23/03
[4] "CIA's Tenet: Analysts Never Claimed
Imminent Threat," AP, 2/5/04
[5] "$166 Billion and Counting,"
San Jose Mercury News, 7/15/03
“Pentagon:
3 Months in Iraq Cost $14B,”AP, 2/12/04
[6] "U.S. Coalitions & Casualties,"
CNN, 3/1/04
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